The Kirinyaga County Government is set to construct a Sh100 million house for Governor Anne Waiguru.
The move to construct the official residence is contained in the 2018/19 budget.
The budget has already been approved by the county assembly.
According to the budget committee, this allocation was in time to enable Waiguru, who operates the county from her Sagana home got an official residence.
A source close to the governor confirmed the allocation was done in accordance to the SRC circular dated 23rd October 2016.
“The decision was made in compliance to SRC circular that stated that all governors would start receiving house allowance from the government as of 2019,” the source is quoted by a local daily.
According to the notice by the SRC, the option for county governments paying rent for governor's houses should cease by 30th June 2019.
The directive by the commission secretary Anne Gitau also has it that the rent paid governors should not exceed Ksh 200,000 per month for Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa.